I just saw a post about someone rejected for the police force for being too smart. I often wonder if we would catch a lot more criminals if cities hired much smarter people as detectives versus promoting from within the ranks.
I’ve read the story a few times over the years and it’s kinda a myth, so feel free to be skeptical.
Apparently there was a program going some 40-50 years ago. Train the best and brightest, deck them with the best equipment available and send them out there as the elite. It failed horribly leading to the highest death count the police force had seen.
With what little money was left, the opposite was done afterwards. Send in the dumbest hicks around and give them free reign.
It worked brilliantly. Crime rates were down, death count for the police force was down, costs were down and the bosses were happy.
Everyone else suffered, but who gave a fuck? And so, the modern police force was born.
yes, that is a very beautiful pile of bullshit.
First who was running this program what is the “police force” because that doesn’t exist in the US. there is a different police force for every county or city
If there’s anything true crime podcasts have taught me, it’s that police imcompetence is not constrained to small towns.
I just saw a post about someone rejected for the police force for being too smart. I often wonder if we would catch a lot more criminals if cities hired much smarter people as detectives versus promoting from within the ranks.
What is up with that? How is that not a liability/ lawsuit already?
I’ve read the story a few times over the years and it’s kinda a myth, so feel free to be skeptical.
Apparently there was a program going some 40-50 years ago. Train the best and brightest, deck them with the best equipment available and send them out there as the elite. It failed horribly leading to the highest death count the police force had seen. With what little money was left, the opposite was done afterwards. Send in the dumbest hicks around and give them free reign.
It worked brilliantly. Crime rates were down, death count for the police force was down, costs were down and the bosses were happy.
Everyone else suffered, but who gave a fuck? And so, the modern police force was born.
yes, that is a very beautiful pile of bullshit. First who was running this program what is the “police force” because that doesn’t exist in the US. there is a different police force for every county or city
Thank you.